Bottle-filling machine.



No. 679,064. Patented July 23, mm.

B. n. STONE.

BOTTLEVFILLING MACHINE.

(Application filed Nov. 23, 1900.)

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

REUBEN R. STONE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-FILLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 679,064, dated July 23,1901.

Application filed November 23, 1900. Serial No. 37,556. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REUBEN R. STONE, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bottle-Filling Machines, of which the following is afull and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bottle-filling machines; and the objectthereof is to provide an improved machine of this class which is simplein construction and operation and which is particularly designed forfillling bottles with milk, but which may be used for the purpose offilling bottles with any liquid.

The invention is an improvement on that described and claimed in UnitedStates Letters Patent No. 339,709, granted to me April 13, 1886, and isfully disclosed in the following specification, of which theaccompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of myimprovement are designated by the same reference characters in each ofthe views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedapparatus or machine; Fig. 2, a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, andFig. 3 a partial section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 and showing the partsin a different position.

In the practice of my invention I provide a tank or receptacle 5, whichis preferably rectangular and oblong in form and which is provided atits opposite ends with hangers 6, in the lower ends of which are mountedwheels or rollers 7, and said tank or receptacle 5 is in practicemounted on a table or support 8, on which is placed a bottle-receivingtank 9, in which the bottles to be filled are placed, as shown in dottedlines at 10 in Fig. 2.

The tank or receptacle 5 is preferably provided at each end with atransverse reinforcing-strip 11, and mounted on and secured to each endof said tank or receptacle is a transverse bar 12, havingvertically-arranged bearings 13, and mounted in the bearings 13 are twohorizontal and longitudinal shafts 14, with one of which is connectedacrank-arm 15, which extends downwardly across the corresponding end ofthe tank or receptacle 5 and passes through a horizontal keeper 16 andis provided at its lower end with a handle 17.

Placed horizontally of the tank or receptacle 5, on the top thereof andparallel with the shafts 14, are two bars 18, and the shafts 14 areprovided at each end with a cross-head 19, each of which is providedwith an inwardly and upwardly directed arm 20 and with an outwardly anddownwardly directed arm 21. The inwardly and outwardly directed arms 20of the cross-heads 19 overlap each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 1,while the outwardly and downwardly directed arms 21 pass beneath thecorresponding ends of the bars 18, as-is also shown in said figure, andby reason of this construction it will be apparent that by swinging thecrank-arm 15 to the left of the position shown in Fig. 1 the bars 18will be slightly raised above the tank or receptacle 5, and when saidcrank-arm is returned to its vertical position the said bars 18 willalso return to the position shown in Fig. 1 and will rest on the tank orreceptacle 5. The bottom 22 of the tank or receptacle 5 is provideddirectly under each of the bars 18 with a longitudinal row ofvalve-openings 23, which, as shown in the drawings, are eight in number,and each of said'shafts 14 is also provided with a corresponding numberof valverods 24, each of which is provided at its lower end with aconical or pivoted valve 25, each of which is provided at its upper endwith a spherical portion having a rubber or other covering 26, whichserves to make a more secure closure of the openings 26, and when thebars 18 are in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the valve-openings 23will be closed, as will be readily understood. When the valve-rods areraised, as shown in Fig. 3, the

valve-openings 23 will be opened and the milk or other liquid will befree to flow therethrough.

It will be understood that the milk or other liquid with which thebottles are to be filled is placed in the tank or receptacle 5, and thebottles 10 are arranged in the bottle-tank 9, as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 2 and as hereinbefore described, and by turning thecrank-arm 15 to the left the bars 18 will be slightly raised and thecontents of the tank or receptacle 5 will flow into the bottles 10, aswill be readily understood. The holes 27 in the bars 18, through whichthe valverods' 2t pass, are larger at the bottom than at the top, asshown in Fig. 3, and the valve-rods 24 swing freely from said bars, andin the operation of the machine, as hereinbefore described, saidvalve-rods are never raised high enough to remove the valves 25 entirelyfrom the valve-openings 23, and the movement of the crankarm 15 to theleft is limited by the keeper 16. This apparatus is simple inconstruction and operation and is perfectlyadapted to accomplish theresult for which it is intended, while being also comparativelyinexpensive, and by means thereof I provide simple and effectiveapparatus for filling bottles with milk or other liquids in greatnumbers and in a comparatively short space of time, for by means of myinvention 1 may manipulate the valves for filling two or more rows ofbottles with exactly the same labor as hitherto has been required forfilling one row, and yet, moreover, I accomplish this in a moreeffective manner.

The valves 25 are virtually needle-valves, and by means thereof thevalve-openings 23 are securely closed when the apparatus is not inoperation, and Ialsopreferto securein said valve-openings short tubes28, which will also project below the bottom of the tank or re-.ceptacle 5 and direct the milk orother liquid into the bottles, as isdone in the patent hereinbefore referred to.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let! ers Patent, is

1. In an apparatus of. the class described, a tank or receptacleprovided in the bottom thereof with longitudinal valve-openings,vertically-movable bars placed on said tank or receptacle and providedwith valve-rods and valves for closing said openings, and means formoving said bars vertically, consisting of longitudinal shafts placedbetween said arms and provided at their opposite ends with crossheadshaving inwardly-directed arms which overlap each other andoutwardly-directed arms which extend beneath said bars, one of saidshafts being provided at its end with a crank-arm, substantially asshown and described.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a tank or receptacle providedwith longitudinal shafts mounted in the top thereof one of which isprovided with means for turning it, said shafts being provided at theiropposite 'ends with cross-heads having inwardly-directed arms whichoverlap each other, said tank or receptacle being also provided in thebottom thereof with valve-openings, and devices operated by saidcross-heads for closing said valve-openings, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 21st day ofNovember, 1900..

. REUBEN R. STONE.

\Vitnesses:

F. A. STEWART, M. K. LOWERRE.

